The Education Week Spotlight on Math Instruction is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on how educators are targeting students’ math anxiety, addressing inequities within math education, and incorporating math concepts into civics.
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Curriculum
Who's Afraid of Math? Turns Out, Lots of Students
A program in Howard County, Md., is built on the insight that children can have strong emotions around academics, and those emotions can sabotage learning.
Curriculum
Getting Students to Talk About Math Helps Solve Problems
Math discourse is a technique that works as well virtually as it does on paper or in face-to-face classrooms, according to experts.
Equity & Diversity
How One District Is Raising Math Rigor and Achievement for Students of Color
The Long Beach, Calif., school district is deploying a multifaceted strategy to put more students of color in high-level math courses and help them succeed.
Mathematics
How Math Teachers Are Using Comics in Their Classrooms
Comic books and graphic novels have found their places in many language arts and social studies classes. Now, more math teachers are starting to look for ways to incorporate these engaging, visually appealing texts into their instruction.
College & Workforce Readiness
Teaching Students to Wrangle 'Big Data'
In a labor market hungry for employees who can work with data, some high schools have begun to offer a new breed of classes in data science.
Mathematics
Opinion
Ditch the Math Worksheets and Stop Killing Kids' Curiosity
Too many early-childhood educators think math and play are mutually exclusive. They don't have to be, writes education professor Kathy Liu Sun.
Curriculum
Opinion
The Missing Ingredient in Our Democracy: Math
Political numeracy is as important as it is overlooked, argues Wellesley mathematics professor Ismar Volić.